Sicista tianschanica

(Salensky, 1904)

Tian Shan Birch Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Dipodoidea
Family : Sminthidae
Genus : Sicista

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Salensky, W. 1904-03. Ueber eine neue Sminthusart aus dem Tianschan. (_Sminthus tianschanicus_ n. sp.; Rodentia, Dipodidae). Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 8:17-21.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8352391

Original name as described

Sminthus tianschanicus

Type material

ZIN S. 2271

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

between Kapchagay (Chapzagai-gol) and Tsaima (Zanma) rivers (= Kunges Basin, Gongnaisi River, tributary of Ili River, Xinyuan), S slope of Tian Shan Mts, Xinjiang, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

name often spelt 'tianshanica', but this is an incorrect subsequent spelling of 'tianschanica', which is used here; moved from Dipodidae to Sminthidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Pagès, M., Pisano, J., Michaux, J.R. & Shenbrot, G.I. (2012). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Dipodoidea: a test of morphology‐based hypotheses. —Zoologica Scripta, 42, 231–249.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002009

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sminthus tianschanicus

(Salensky, 1904)

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

tianschanica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2271

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8352391

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Sicista tianshanica

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

tianshanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

564

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Holden & Musser (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8531)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20195/22204006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sicista tianschanica

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Sminthidae

Root name

tianschanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002009

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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